The sivery moon
Date Submitted: 12/09/2004 03:42:33
THE SILVERY MOON
The Moon is the Earth's companion in space, lying roughly 380,000 kilometers (240,000 miles) away, a distance that would take two or three days to travel in a spacecraft. It is a ball of rock about one-quarter of the size of our planet, with no air, water and life. It is the only other body in space on which human beings have ever set foot. American astronauts walked on the moon during the Apollo
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are a lot of mineral resources on the Moon. I think man should continue to explore the Moon so that we can have a better understanding of this silvery planet.
Bibliography
1. Isaac Asimov, The Moon, Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1994.
2. Ian Ridpath, Atlas of Stars and Planets, George Philip Limited, 1993.
3. Kendrick Frazier, Solar System, Time-Life Books, 1985
4. Fred Appel, The Moon and Beyond, Aldus Books Limited, London, 1971.
5. Josef Sadil, The Moon and the Planets, Paul Hamlyn Limited, London, 1963
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